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In the first Queen’s Speech since Gordon Brown became Prime Minister, the Government have announced Millions more parents will be able to work part-time or at home. Under new proposals this could extend the right to request flexible employment for those with children up to the age of 17.
According to the Times (Weds. 7th November) “Downing Street later announced an inquiry by a leading industrialist into how the right to flexible working - currently restricted to the parents of children under 6 - could be extended to cover parents of children under 9, 12 or even 17. Some 6.25 million parents currently have the right to request conditions such as flexitime or working at home; if it applied to all parents of schoolchildren a further 4.5 million would be covered. Officials said that the Government would consult with business, which was supportive of the earlier reforms, before taking final decisions”